patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
understood; I see; OK; present; here
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
another's parent; another's parents
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
beyond imagination; unimaginable
sick person; patient; invalid
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
difficult to ...; hard to ...
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
military physician or surgeon
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
hospitalization; hospitalisation
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
to be burned out (of one's home)
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
look!; there!; here!; that is